All 9 Uses
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- Accustomed as she was to hard doings, it had still taken Lorena a while to get used to the way Lippy slurped when he was eating, and she had once had a dream in which a cowboy walked by Lippy and buttoned the lip to his nose as if it were the flap of a pocket.†
Chpt 3-4accustomed = used to (adapted to something, so it seems normal)
- Jake Spoon was unaccustomed to Bolivar's habits and grimaced unhappily as the banging continued.†
Chpt 9-10unaccustomed to = not used to (not adapted to something, so it seems normal)standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unaccustomed to means not and reverses the meaning of accustomed to. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- He would plan, of course, to make himself available for chores when she required him—otherwise life could go on in its accustomed way.†
Chpt 11-12 *accustomed = used to (adapted to something, so it seems normal)
- But if the townspeople of Fort Smith had not considered him, the same couldn't be said for Louisa Brooks, who was giving him a good deal more consideration than he was accustomed to.†
Chpt 36-37
- Even men accustomed all their lives to sudden death didn't expect it to happen to Gus McCrae.†
Chpt 58-59
- Rough as the place was, accustomed as they all were to sudden death, they felt they had seen something extraordinary, something they would rather not have seen.†
Chpt 85-86
- He had grown accustomed to sleeping late and sitting outside the tent with Lorena in the mornings.†
Chpt 89-90
- Though accustomed to his silences, none of the men could remember him being that silent.†
Chpt 97-98
- Even Betsey and Sally, accustomed to chattering through supper, competing for the men's attention, were subdued by their mother's silence, and merely attended to serving.†
Chpt 101-102
Definitions:
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(1)
(accustom) to make someone used to something
(used to is an expression that means someone has adapted to something, so it does not seem unusual)In professional environments, you may make a better impression by saying one is accustomed to something rather than one is used to something. - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)